The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-01-29
znsg oil Congress.

Hday in the Senate petition was
81 from the Woman's Christian Tenn
&c Union, of the District of Columbia,
62sing certain charges as to gambling, drink
| ing, &C., and alleging specific offences. The
petition was discussed, and after an execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
In the House the conference report on the
Interstate Commerce bill was passed-yeas,
2l9; nays, Al. A resolution was offered call
ing for such correspondence, as may be made
public, between this government and the
British government relative to the fishery
disputes, and the remainder of the session
was devoted to private bills.
In the House of Representatives on Sat
urday, the District Of Columbia Arpropri-
alton bill was reported and referred to the
Committee of the Whole. 1t appropriates
50, 679, 929. The bill for the forfeiture of the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg
land grant was reported back, and the amend
ments were concurred in, and the bill passed
yeas, .157; nays, 81. The bill increasing
the rate of pension allowed for total deafness
to $50 month was discussed until the ex-
piration of the morning hour. The River and
Harbor bill was considered in Committee of
the Whole, and general debate was closed,
when the committee rose.
On Monday in the Senate the credentials
of several members elect were filed, and bill
was introduced to build steam cruising YES
sci of twenty knots speed. The Senate bill
authorizing the President of the United States
'sto protect and defend the rights of American
fishing vessels, American fishermen, Ameri-
can trading and other vessels, in certain
cases. was taken up, and after a long de-
bate, was passed-yeas, 46; nays, l. The
negative was Riddleberger In the course of
the debate on the bill, Mr. Frye, of Maine,
made an imprisoned speech, charging the
Canadian authorities with outrages and in
humanities that would have disgraced the
Feiee Islanders, and declaring that the pur-
poses of the proposed legislation was to noti-
fy the Government of Great Britain that a
continuance of such a course must be at her
peril. Mr.. Ingalls, agreed with Mr.. Frye, and
said the bill was declaration to Great Britain
recognizing her agency in the matter and
notifying her that she will continue in it at
her peril. Mr.. Hoar did not understand that
the object of this measure was to bring about
either war or further diplomacy. 1t was
merely saying to the British Government and
the Dominion of Canada that, so long as they
attempted to interfere with our domestic ar
rangements in this way, so long they should
not be permitted to sell their fish or other
products in the American markets at all. Mr..
Edmunds said: "This bill provides that the
President of the United States may iif our
vessels are mistreated in Canadian poEts) say
that Canadian fish and Canadian fishermen
shall not come into the waters of the United
States at all. Suppose he says that is not
war. Suppose that it continues ten years.
The question will be: Who can stand it
best? | think that the people Of the United
States can stand it best, and that it will be
found persuasion to the peoplaof Canada to
migrate somewhat the asperity of their lam
guage and conduct. But suppose that it does
not have that effect-then We have simply got
nonintercourse between the United States
and the British provinces; and the question
will be, Who can stand that longest? |
think there is only one answer to that propo
sition. So that the question here is not a
question of war, but is question Of counter
vaiing regulations, which all nations have re-
sorted to long before war, and which usually
never come to war; Mr.. Morgan argued
that so far from the bill being a warlke
measure it was a measure to prevent war.
Mr. Evarts took the same view. The bill was
also debated by Messrs. Hale, Vest and Cor
man. Mr.. German took the position that the
northeastern fisheries were held by the United
States in common with Great Britain as a
matter of right The United States was not
Invested of that right by the treaty of 1888,
which was simply treaty of partition. Nor
was this right destroyed by the war of 1912;
and the treaty of 1915 no more affected the
nunSs.. -afthe fishing riaiaGsS> the United